Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani announced a 6-point message to Islamic governments, criticizing their lack of support and defending Iran's retaliatory strikes on US bases in neighboring countries.
Ali Larijani, identified as the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, announced a forthcoming six-point message directed at Muslims and Islamic governments worldwide, according to Al Mayadeen, a channel closely aligned with the Axis of Resistance. The address comes amidst the unprecedented regional war that erupted earlier this month following massive US and Israeli strikes on Iran, which prompted massive Iranian retaliatory attacks across the Middle East.
Addressing the geopolitical fallout of Iran's recent strikes on US and Israeli interests across the Gulf, Larijani challenged the backlash from neighboring Arab states. According to Al Jazeera, he noted that some countries have labeled Iran an enemy for targeting American bases and Israeli interests located on their soil. Larijani dismissed these complaints as "flimsy pretexts," explicitly asking whether Iran is expected to "stand idly by while American bases in your countries are used to attack it," as reported by Al Mayadeen.
Larijani sharply criticized the lack of support from the broader Islamic world during the current conflict. He stated that no Islamic country has stood by the Iranian people, except in rare cases limited to political postures, Al Jazeera reported. Framing the escalating war as a stark binary, he declared the confrontation is strictly between America and Israel on one side, and "Muslim Iran and the resistance forces" on the other, pointedly asking Islamic governments, "Which side are you on?"
Reaffirming Tehran's commitment to the widening conflict, Larijani vowed that Iran is continuing on the "path of resistance" to confront the "Great Satan and the Lesser Satan"—referring to America and Israel—according to Al Mayadeen and the Iraqi News Agency (INA). Insisting that Iran does not seek regional hegemony, he urged Islamic nations to reflect on the region's future, warning them that "America has no loyalty and Israel is an enemy to you."
The Arabic sources universally refer to Ali Larijani as the "Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council," a position he historically held years prior. Given the background context of the March 2026 assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and mass casualties among Iran's top leadership, this likely reflects an emergency reorganization of the Iranian government. Al Mayadeen's standard framing (e.g., "Great Satan", "Lesser Satan") has been translated literally to preserve the network's editorial posture and religious-political rhetoric.